Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. Four stylii were used to transfer this record. They are 2.0 mil truncated conical, 2.3 mil truncated conical, 2.8 mil truncated conical, 3.3 mil truncated conical. These were recorded flat and then also equalized with Turnover: 400.0, Rolloff: -12.0.
The preferred versions suggested by an audio engineer at George Blood, L.P. have been copied to have the more friendly filenames.
The recording’s other side has a similar happy, bouncing feel with the two-step round dance song “Country Gentlemen”. Written in 1953 by renowned songwriter Boudleaux Bryant and country musician Chet Atkins, this song gave Atkins his famous nickname as “The Country Gentleman”.
Here is a live version of Atkins playing “Country Gentlemen” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1me2Bs5JOHE), and here is his 1954 version of Mr. Sandman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-c66SJPuUI).
